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    Is it worth getting the Elgato turbo.264?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by thekingdavids, Oct 6, 2007.

  1. thekingdavids

    thekingdavids Notebook Consultant

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    I have a Macbook Pro 2.2Ghz - the newest version and I do a lot of converting DVD files to h.264 to play on my Apple TV.

    I am really getting frustrated by the amount of time it takes to encode a movie. I have seen that the elgato turbo.264 USB device claims to speed up the conversion, however will the device really be worth it, will it make a big difference to the conversion speeds?

    Your comments would be greatly appreciated!
     
    thekingdavids, Oct 6, 2007
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    xGeistx Notebook Consultant

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    I´d be interested in some more stats: When converting say a 4,7 gig (single layer) movie using h.264 what time does it take for your MBP to do the job?
     
    xGeistx, Oct 7, 2007
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